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Professor sheds new light on black holes
New research indicates that black holes may be the elusive source of notoriously difficult-to-trace neutrinos.
Astronomy
Minor
Course and laboratory work in astronomy explores the physical and observational background of such topics as the history of astronomy, naked eye observations, the planets and moons, the origin of the solar system, stellar classification, stellar evolution, galactic astronomy, and cosmology, with an emphasis on the quantitative nature of modern astronomy.
Melanie Lott '04
Melanie Lott ’04
,Associate Professor, Chair of Physics & Astronomy
Cathy Geho
Cathy Geho
,Academic Administrative Assistant
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